Stranger in a Strange Land Summary

Stranger in a Strange Land depicts a future world that is oriented as much toward social and religious concerns as it is toward technical ones. In the novel Heinlein is frank about what he considers the pretentious, artificial, and shameful elements of modern society.

The various characters—both appealing and repugnant—represent a segment of society. The social institutions of the press, government, medicine, entertainment, religion, and the military all come...

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Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein
Robert Anson Heinlein was born on July 7, 1907, in Butler, Missouri. He dropped out of the University of Missouri in 1925 to enlist in the U.S. Navy...
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Robert A. Heinlein Biographies (1)

Robert Anson Heinlein was born in Butler, Missouri, a small town some sixty-five miles south of Kansas City. He and his six brothers and sisters were raised in Kansas City, where he attended grade sch...
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Stranger from a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
This book is about a man named Valentine Michael Smith who is a human, but he was born on Mars. He faces great struggles and does not "grok" or unders...
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